Recently I treated myself to some new additions to my makeup bag (would you like to see what’s new?). At the checkout, I was asked what the occasion was for buying all these gifts for myself, and I said: “because I can!”. I don’t think we treat ourselves enough. Life is hard and sometimes its the treats that we allow ourselves, whether that be some new makeup or something big and lavish, that keep us going. You don’t need an excuse to treat yourself to something, whether big, small, run of the mill or extraordinary. Just do it because you can!

With that sentiment in mind, I’ve come up with a few ideas on how you, my lovely readers, can treat yourselves today. If you don’t find anything in here that does it for you, I hope that it will at least encourage you to reward yourself more often with the things that make you happy.

How TV changes in a matter of months, some of you will be happy to hear I’m no longer addicted to eastenders! I am however addicted to a few other programmes. I am absolutely gutted that PLL has now finished, and although a lot of people kicked off over twitter about the whole who’s A thing, it didn’t bother me too much because truth is I never want PLL to end.

This past few months I have been hooked on a few programmes! I am super thrilled that Stalker is back on my TV and if you still haven’t watched it yet well I am disappointed.

This month I have been loving Siberia! Siberia is a mockumentary show that was first aired in 2013, but has just arrived onto Pick TV. Fourteen contestants are dropped into the Siberian forest and they must survive by foraging for food and water etc… Within the first few episodes the contestants notice strange goings on, one of which a contestant dies… things then unravel. I am seriously hooked by this I just want to know what is going to happen next!

Another programme I have been loving is Forever. Forever is another crime drama. The main character is Henry Morgan he is an immortal medical examiner on New York City who works with the police department to solve murders. I love this programme and I’m not sure if it’s because of my love for crime drama’s or the fact that I find Dr Henry Morgan slightly on the hot side!

My ever-loving obsession for Grey’s Anatomy is still going strong, it’s a medical drama which is currently on series 11 and I am still as hooked as the first day I ever watched it. I can actually remember when I moved to Sheffield four years back my dad said to me ‘you have to watch this series’. He gave me series 1-3 of greys anatomy to watch and I was so hooked I watched all three series in 3 days without no sleep.

That’s all I have been truly addicted too at the moment as well as MasterChef when I actually watch it as I always miss it at the moment. What are you watching at the moment?

Today my little corner of the internet is one and it’s made me realise how far I’ve come as a person thanks to blogging. It’s also made me thank-ful for the amazing opportunities I’ve had and the amazing people I’ve met.

This past year I have met some truly amazing people who I have all the time in the world for, literally speak to these girls every-day now whether it’s about blogging or whether it’s about our daily activities such as what were having for tea or what face mask we are wearing that night. So be a dear and go check out my girls blogs:

I love these five girls like they have been in my life more than 6 months! I would do anything for any of them, they are the loveliest people I have had the pleasure to meet through blogging!

This past year I have hosted my own blogger meet with Emma, and I am currently organising our second meet in Sheffield with the help off eff too! I have hit 1,500 Views on one post in a day, I have become more confident and I have found my passion. I have also worked with some amazing brands and I have finally found a skincare routine that works for me!

I feel proud when I look at my blog and it may be small but it’s pretty big in my eyes! It makes you realise what you can achieve, nothing is impossible and without my boyfriend this blog would never have happened. When I was attacked by a dog which bit into my face just over two years ago I lost all my confidence, I have big black stitched down one side of my face near my mouth and I honestly looked dreadful. (See Pictures Below) The plastic surgeon who operated on me did an amazing job and I cannot thank that man enough. The man who rebuilt my confidence though is the man I call my best friend, my boyfriend in fact he believed in me from the start, he always boosted my confidence and when he says I make him proud I genuinely have butterflies. I cannot thank him enough for helping me back to my old confident self, he’s been my rock through all the bad times and he’s always helped me come out stronger.

Left picture is the dog bite when it first happened. Middle picture is when I had come out of surgery. Right picture is when the black stitches was taken out my face.

Bottom line is never take anything for granted and cherish every moment you have! What have you achieved in this last year?

Back in January I got an email off Sarah from Ohh So Glam about an international beauty swap, in this email she added the girl in which I would be swapping with. Amy is from Vancouver in Canada and she blogs over at Vancouver Eyeshadow Addict, let me tell you Amy is a delight to talk to, from when we first exchanged emails I felt completely at ease talking to her about what I liked and what I didn’t like. Amy seemed to know me better than I knew myself and along with the beauty chat we would exchange emails daily about our day to day life! I was so fascinated that she was 8hrs behind us here in the UK and it was lovely speaking to someone nearly the other side of the world. I found shipping easy and not as expensive as expected. I was so shocked when the lady at the post office said it would take no longer than five days to get to Vancouver!

When Amy’s package arrived through my letter box I literally raced my dad to the front door! I knew exactly what the package looked like so I knew what it was as soon as I had my hands on it and I literally squealed! It was like Christmas has come all over again and when I actually got to see what the package contained I was blown away!

Now you’ve seen everything I received. I had the moment of disbelieve when I held these products in my hands. Amy chose perfect shades for me and she definitely knew exactly what I liked! I cannot wait to review these! I can’t choose a favourite product because I love them all so much!

So I’m having a blog sale, one person’s junk is another person’s treasure and all that! I have a lot of stuff building up and I need to move stuff out to create room for new stuff. Most products haven’t been used at all, they have either been samples from beauty subs or I’ve bought and never used.

Contact me via Email if you see something you like! E: hannerking@hotmail.com

POSTAGE: I’ll be posting via Royal Mail, depending on whether you want 1st or 2nd class postage will differ. It’s £2.80 for second class and £3.20 for first class. For each additional item add 50p for postage. I WILL negotiate on price if you email and ask me. I need this stuff gone as it’s taking up room I need for essentials.

[All New and Unused Unless Stated Otherwise]

• Kueshi Revitalizing Facial Toner – £5.00

• The Body Shop Satsuma Body Polish – £3.00

• The Body Shop Camomile Silky Cleansing Oil – £6.00

Monu Spa Warming Ginger Massage and Body Oil – £6.00

Monu Capri Face Treatment Oil – £6.00

DHC Deep Cleansing Oil – £5.00

The Vintage Cosmetic Kitty Eyelashes x3 – £3.00 Each

Avon Nailwear Pro+ Nail Varnishes – £4.00 Each or All five for £15.00 (All Swatched Once)

Do I have a treat for you today! One thing I really can’t stand is greasy finger marks on my iPhone screen! The smears on the screen that can sometimes make it harder to read content on screen! I will admit I never cleaned my screen in the past as such which is disgraceful of me as I can’t imagine how much bacteria is on my screen. I would often wipe my phone on my leg/cardigan to get rid of the smears but that’s about it. Until now that is!

I was lucky enough to be sent a Nuevue IPhone Case* from the lovely Diana! When she told me a little more I knew that this would be a product I would never be without again and I was completely right. Nuevue is a brand that combines fashion, functionality and antimicrobial protection for cases for our smartphones and tablets! Antimicrobial protection is a coating which provides protection from harmful germs/bacteria. Nuevue’s founder Derek Batey come up with the idea of a self-cleaning case. I seriously would hive-five this guy because it’s the best thing anyone could ever have come up with.

I received a pink leather iPhone case* with a green interior. The design of this case is practically faultless its easy to use although it does take a while for the leather to soften up and make it easier to put your phone into. Simply push up from the bottom of the case to pop your phone out and push the phone back in to return it to the case. Easy Peasy! The only problem I have with the case (its not a fault of the design at all it’s just e being picky) is when your phone goes off with a text message, whatsapp or twitter notification you can’t preview the notification without taking the phone out the case. For me that was the only thing I had to get used to especially when working as I would have a quick glance at me phone to see if it was urgent or not and it’s been weird not checking but never the less this is a great case. I love the fact that my phone no longer carries bacteria thanks to this case that kills 99.9% of bacteria! This phone case is available from Nuevue and the case I received retails for £40.

*PR Sample

Have you ever brought a fragrance which you have loved the smell of but then got completely overwhelmed when you have read about the notes in the fragrance? Me too! I have always been a big perfume lover and I have many fragrances sat on my vanity or in a makeup travelling bag and I love to know what notes that perfume has in but I have never understood them until now! I thought I would share with you my knowledge and hopefully it will help you understand too.

Notes in a fragrance can determine what scents are better for you and what suits your skin because a perfume could smells incredible on one person but could smell completely different on another. There are three types of notes in every perfume these are top notes, middle notes and base notes (this is where I got confused).

The top notes of a perfume are the scent in which you first experience, these are often your citrus, summery, woody or spicy notes. The top notes don’t actually give you a true experience of what the scent smells like. It’s the first thing you smell so normally is a stronger scent which in some cases can put people off.

The middle notes of a perfume or the heart notes can be experienced once the top notes have faded a little. These results reveal a truer experience of what the perfume actually smells like on the skin. Middle notes are most commonly floral or fruity notes in a woman’s perfume.

Then the base notes come into play. Once the perfume has been on the skin a while and warms up to your skin, this is then where the base notes truly reveal themselves it also determines how long the perfume will last. The base notes of a perfume mixed with the middle notes of a perfume is what the perfume’s true scent is. Most perfumes can have similar bases these can often be notes such as vanilla, musk, sandalwood and amber. Most of my perfumes have a vanilla base note definitely something I look for in a perfume now! It good to bear in mind that it can take up to an hour for the true scent to be revealed when wearing perfume so never judge a book by its cover and all that!

I hope this helped you to understand perfume notes a little more! What’s your favourite perfume? Do you know what notes your favourite perfume contains?

Throughout this last month I have been taking these Hairburst tablets religiously. What is Hairburst you ask? Hairburst is a UK based, natural health supplements company. They focus on delivering lasting results with affordable healthy solutions to enhance and preserve natural beauty.

Hairburst claim that these dietary supplements will give you everything you need to grow the healthiest longest hair possible, these dietary supplements do this by:

– Growing longer and stronger hair

– Nourishing your hair from within

– Improving overall health

– Increasing hair strength

– Improving hair elasticity

– Stopping hair breakage

I’ve just completed my first 30 days and what I can tell you is that before taking hairbust my hair would fall out in the shower, in my sleep, when brushing my hair, when putting my hair into a bobble and just all the time which was annoying. Now after a month I have noticed a massive difference in hair breakage such as I can now wash my hair without stands of hair coming out and I don’t get a lot of breakage when brushing my hair either now. I have noticed a massive difference in the thickness and condition of my hair also. My hair feels thicker to touch and looks thicker. One thing I do dislike about these is that they smell horrible, really horrible. I have gagged a few times when taking these due to the smell, but having a strong stomach was in my favour and have managed to push through with taking them.

So do they work you ask? I’d say for me yes they did, but everyone’s body is unique and because something has worked for me doesn’t necessarily mean it would work for everyone else too. Yet I have never heard bad feedback about these dietary supplements.

I still have another three months supply left so with the results that I have already seen I am very excited to see what my hair will be like after four months!

Happy Sunday Everyone! Hope your all having a totally lazy one I know I am since tomorrow I turn the big 21 and all so need all my energy for then. Sunday’s are all about TV and I’ve seen a few of these posts about and I love reading them, I love knowing what people get up to in their spare time and I love reading about programmes that I haven’t heard of. I’m currently loving some TV programmes not all from the UK either! So I thought I would bring you what TV Programmes/Series I’m hooked on at the moment, trust me there is a lot so it was hard picking just four.

First one is a soap, I’m hooked on this and even watch it on catch up if I miss one night… It’s of course eastenders. With two killers on the loose at the moment I am creeping towards front of my seat when watching it. I love the soaps but this is the one which I won’t miss. Especially with ronnie being in hospital not knowing if she is going to wake up and dot still helping nick and Lucy’s killer is still on the loose, of which we find out that killer on 19-02-2015 it’s exciting stuff. The next one I am literally addicted to is Pretty Little Liars, this is only aired in the United States, but thanks to good old Netflix I can keep up to date on my favourite four liars and A of course. If you haven’t heard of this series, it’s an American teen drama mystery–thriller, it’s set in Rosewood, Pennsylvania and follows four girls who lose touch after their leader goes missing. After a year the four are reunited after receiving messages off the mysterious ‘A’ who threatens to expose their deepest secrets. I’m now on series five of this series and I’m honestly glued to the screen and so much has changed from the first moment in series one, things you would never expect to happen. If you haven’t seen this you need to watch it. All series are available on Netflix. The next is a current series aired over here it’s Death in Paradise. I love this series and as you may have seen the pattern emerging, yes I love crime/thriller series, all ones to do with someone being murdered and finding out who did it. I should have studied to be a medical examiner because I love stuff like this, but I don’t think cutting bodies up is for me. This series is all about investigating crime on the Caribbean islands. Another series I am currently loving is Stalker, this is aired on SkyLiving on a Monday night at 10pm. This series is about the team at TAU (Threat assessment unit) assessing cases and responding to prevent the stalking from getting out of control. While this is happening the Lieutenant of the team also has her own stalker and is keeping it to herself to prevent the team finding out. You see her stalkers events unveil and she eventually finds out who it is alongside solving other peoples cases. I love this series, it does make me jump out my skin sometimes but it’s really gripping. That’s the four TV programmes/series I am loving at the moment, let me know if you start watching any of them! I’d love to know what you think of them!

I am starting my New Year off right and I am organised and ready for the year ahead. A few months back I ordered my Diary from Personal Planner and I loved it so much I went on to purchase a matching notebook and wall calendar all for my blog.

I absolutely adore my Diary, Notebook and Wall Planner and cannot thank Personal Planner enough for their simple yet brilliant designs. This time last year I wouldn’t have gone anywhere near trying to personalise anything I’ve always found it too fiddly, too much of a fuss and I simply didn’t have the patience. Personal Planner has completely changed my theories of personalised stationary!

The website is straight forward, shows you step by step how to personalise your planner. You simply can’t go wrong.

I chose the A5 sized planner, which for me is the perfect size. It’s a week to week view which I love because there is plenty of space to write within one day. I love the fact that you can personalise the dates which I chose not to do for my planner but I did however choose to do this on my wall planner and I have it split between my blog and my personal life which is so handy! I also love that the design from the front of the planner is carried out throughout the planner, it makes it look so cute and I’m all for cute stationary!

One thing that really did impress me was that you can choose what to add to the bottom of the pages of your planner. In my case I chose to have a to-do list (very handy), I had two sets of lined boxes for anything additional and I also had a notes section. There is a lot of choices of what you can have at the bottom and everyone is different so its good that you can choose. You can also choose whether you want to have Sudoku pages, lined or squared paper in your planner. I chose lined paper for the back of my planner and have a lot of it which is great because I often end up writing long lists in my diary. I can see this coming in handy for things such as noting down what photo’s need taking for a blog post or even someone’s details.

Personally this is going to be the only place I buy my planners from as I love how personal they actually are!

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